# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=767 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 768 --- ## [SpaceX launches weather satellite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-launches-weather-satellite/712508)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-launches-weather-satellite/712508 "2015-02-12T21:11:35Z")
Launch canceled twice, but third time’s the charm. Story here and here. Apparently this is the first SpaceX mission to “deep space.” --- ## [What is autonomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-autonomy/712411)
**Author:** [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-autonomy/712411 "2015-02-12T20:29:23Z")
Today I had a strange day on placement. As a student nurse, I see lots of people living in ways that could be seen as unwise. It got me thinking… …Is a self-governing agent something that has to be respected above all e… --- ## [Things That Are Embarrassing To Share...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-embarrassing-to-share/712265)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-embarrassing-to-share/712265 "2015-02-12T20:03:47Z")
…Except on the Internet. I’ll go first. I just discovered I wore my underwear on backwards all day. :eek: (Hanes boxer briefs, color black, size 32-36, since I’m sharing). :smiley: --- ## [Welcome to Conoy Township (Pennsylvania): THIS IS NOT A GUN-FREE ZONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-conoy-township-pennsylvania-this-is-not-a-gun-free-zone/712465)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-conoy-township-pennsylvania-this-is-not-a-gun-free-zone/712465 "2015-02-12T19:25:53Z")
Just like the posted signs say: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrTcXIVhdxUB8QA7tCJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIyb3Zia3ZkBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0Y2VhZjUyZmQ3OGZkMWQ3ZmViM2EyNjA0YmYzNDQ2NQRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.… --- ## ["Redneck News" reports on how Alabama has been affected by gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-news-reports-on-how-alabama-has-been-affected-by-gay-marriage/712478)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-news-reports-on-how-alabama-has-been-affected-by-gay-marriage/712478 "2015-02-12T18:19:10Z")
Short video here. I laughed. --- ## [Meteor explosion/strike near Auckland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-explosion-strike-near-auckland/712385)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-explosion-strike-near-auckland/712385 "2015-02-12T17:11:08Z")
Here’s the article: These events seem to happening a lot more lately. Is there any chance that this is space junk re-entering the atmosphere? I’d hate to think Putin is playing chicken with his satellites like he is… --- ## [Mormon church: Joseph Smith married girls and other men's wives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-joseph-smith-married-girls-and-other-mens-wives/702652)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-joseph-smith-married-girls-and-other-mens-wives/702652 "2015-02-12T16:15:48Z")
A new essay by the Mormon church admits that founder Joseph Smith married many women, including those who were already wed to other men, and girls as young as 14. For many of those who are Mormon, former members or stud… --- ## [Have I beaten Google? or...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-beaten-google-or/712404)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-beaten-google-or/712404 "2015-02-12T15:02:59Z")
I find myself wondering whether I’ve achieved the rare distinction of beating Google; or whether I’m imagining stuff out of nowhere and “from whole cloth”. Am sure that Dopers – learned as ever – will have information… --- ## [Exorcising a phobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exorcising-a-phobia/712466)
**Author:** [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exorcising-a-phobia/712466 "2015-02-12T14:21:21Z")
I’ve developed a phobia and I am hopeful for some doper advice on how I may rid myself of it. In a nutshell: About a year and a half ago, when I was visiting family, I was introduced to their new, large dog. An hour int… --- ## [Georgia porno tax to fund teen hooker rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-porno-tax-to-fund-teen-hooker-rescue/712346)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-porno-tax-to-fund-teen-hooker-rescue/712346 "2015-02-12T01:59:56Z")
link here. When I worked in printing, we had to pay tax to a special litter pick-up fund. Fair enough, so long as fast food places did too. But it could be understood that we were paying to clean up a mess our irrespons… --- ## [I have wrinkled fingers, and not the kind of wrinkles you get from soaking too long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wrinkled-fingers-and-not-the-kind-of-wrinkles-you-get-from-soaking-too-long/712278)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wrinkled-fingers-and-not-the-kind-of-wrinkles-you-get-from-soaking-too-long/712278 "2015-02-11T20:56:48Z")
I’m getting fingerprinted to get a substitute teacher job, and I have to go back because the FBI rejected my fingerprints the first time around. These are grooves that go the length of the finger. Anyone else have thes… --- ## [Deviant Use of Star Wars Toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviant-use-of-star-wars-toys/712320)
**Author:** [@Steve918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve918)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviant-use-of-star-wars-toys/712320 "2015-02-11T20:02:45Z")
My friend Paul has posted on Facebook of his hatred of Ewoks. I have known him since the Seventies and can remember that this hasn’t always been the case. He was quite enamored with Ewoks when Return of the Jedi came out… --- ## [I don't even know how to respond to this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-know-how-to-respond-to-this/711799)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-know-how-to-respond-to-this/711799 "2015-02-11T19:53:50Z")
Or, grown-ass woman with a maybe fake boyfriend… A friend of mine (who lives in another state) – let’s call her Cathy – has had a mysterious boyfriend for the past couple of years. He was on a website a number of us hun… --- ## [Sleepy newbie says hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-newbie-says-hello/712321)
**Author:** [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-newbie-says-hello/712321 "2015-02-11T19:04:34Z")
Hello, I’m a sleepy student nurse - and first time poster. I’m so sleepy it feels like my sides are melting. I spend my evenings lying down and watching Father Ted - it’s all I can handle. Sometimes South Park. Somet… --- ## [Your experiences with asthma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-asthma/710857)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-asthma/710857 "2015-02-11T16:32:48Z")
I’ve had asthma for almost all my life - diagnosed at the age of two, been dependant on inhalers ever since. I’ve known lots of asthmatics of varying types since then, from “got diagnosed, had to use my inhaler twice in … --- ## [Film Footage of USS Eastland Sinking Found!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-footage-of-uss-eastland-sinking-found/712271)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-footage-of-uss-eastland-sinking-found/712271 "2015-02-10T14:12:10Z")
Links to footage. http://europeana1914-1918.eu/en/europeana/record/08614/cat36913?edmvideo=true&iframe=true&width=657&height=510 http://europeana1914-1918.eu/en/europeana/record/08614/cat36915?edmvideo=true&iframe=true&… --- ## [Bon Mots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mots/712210)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mots/712210 "2015-02-10T08:18:16Z")
Here’s a few I’ve picked up over the years. Can you add more?:slight\_smile: “God sacrificed God to God to save God’s creations from God.” That notion is just absurd! Religion- an attempt to control your thinking thro… --- ## [Don't they actually want to sell their products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-they-actually-want-to-sell-their-products/712230)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-they-actually-want-to-sell-their-products/712230 "2015-02-10T03:17:35Z")
On Saturday, I visited one of the area motorcycle dealers to complete the paperwork on a 2015 Kawasaki Concours. That shop is over an hour away from my home and I mentioned to the sales manager that the only reason I ch… --- ## [Pittsburgh Area Dopers: Museum anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pittsburgh-area-dopers-museum-anyone/711663)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pittsburgh-area-dopers-museum-anyone/711663 "2015-02-09T23:13:49Z")
I was wondering if any Pittsburgh area members would like to meet up for a reduced price visit to any of the Carnegie museums- the Art, Natural History, Science Center or the Andy Warhol. I can get 3 people in with me at… --- ## [Vaginal steaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-steaming/711388)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-steaming/711388 "2015-02-09T22:34:08Z")
I wonder if it’s also gluten-free. :stuck\_out\_tongue: What would ever possess a person to do this? --- ## [Woohoo got my tax refund already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-got-my-tax-refund-already/711363)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-got-my-tax-refund-already/711363 "2015-02-09T22:19:15Z")
Surprisingly early this year. I keep things well documented and I know exactly what forms I will be getting(and technically could fill out my return without the actual forms, but I wait for them for confirmation). Once … --- ## [Tax Prep Software--who needs it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-prep-software-who-needs-it/712051)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-prep-software-who-needs-it/712051 "2015-02-09T21:17:40Z")
Not “who needs it” as in “bah, no one needs it,” but rather, actually asking, who needs it? For example, in our family we just deal with straightforward salary, and take the standard deduction each year as it has never … --- ## [Looking for old Ruins, Caves or Mysterious places to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-ruins-caves-or-mysterious-places-to-see/712187)
**Author:** [@Eric1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1970)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-ruins-caves-or-mysterious-places-to-see/712187 "2015-02-09T19:06:06Z")
I’m looking for locations in the New England that has been lost and forgotten. Have been researching old ruins, King Phillips Caves and Haunted locations to visit. A few of my recent reference books have been by Scott Wa… --- ## [RO: When your child is "too nice to people..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-when-your-child-is-too-nice-to-people/711997)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-when-your-child-is-too-nice-to-people/711997 "2015-02-09T17:50:21Z")
There’s a right way and a wrong way to teach your child about Stranger Danger. Hiring a stranger to kidnap your child at gunpoint is the wrong way. Read the whole thing; it boggles the mind. --- ## [How many Dopers bothered by old sports injuries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-bothered-by-old-sports-injuries/711738)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-bothered-by-old-sports-injuries/711738 "2015-02-09T17:23:36Z")
This thread about the possible future of HS football got me to wondering. How many here are still bothered later in life by sports injuries you suffered while in high school or earlier? For the purposes of this thread,… --- ## [Turbo Tax removes Schedule D from desktop program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-tax-removes-schedule-d-from-desktop-program/710420)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-tax-removes-schedule-d-from-desktop-program/710420 "2015-02-09T16:34:56Z")
Last year the folks at Intuit (makers of Turbo Tax) removed support for schedules C and D from the on line and download versions of the Deluxe version of the program. This year they removed it from the CD box (which I’m… --- ## [Gah. Asbestos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-asbestos/712034)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-asbestos/712034 "2015-02-09T16:25:40Z")
About a year ago we bought a house built circa 1960. Had a professional inspection done and all that sort of stuff. Anyway, we have decided to upgrade the air conditioning. Problem is no one will touch or cut through a… --- ## [Shockaholics's Hunt for a Shock Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shockaholicss-hunt-for-a-shock-machine/712077)
**Author:** [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shockaholicss-hunt-for-a-shock-machine/712077 "2015-02-09T15:43:45Z")
I went to Bowler City the other day and they don’t have the Addams Family shock machine. Bummer. But that game had vibrating handles. What I really want is “Electricity is Life”, the game from 2 other threads, and the g… --- ## [Bestsellers Cafe Closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestsellers-cafe-closing/710922)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestsellers-cafe-closing/710922 "2015-02-09T15:14:44Z")
As part of my ongoing complaint about the Closing of Bookstores, I must observe that Bestseller’s Café in Medford MA is closing on Wednesday, January 28. It opened over 20 years ago in downtown Medford, across the stree… --- ## ["Damaging Winds" tore up my place! A Timeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaging-winds-tore-up-my-place-a-timeline/712029)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damaging-winds-tore-up-my-place-a-timeline/712029 "2015-02-09T14:32:34Z")
10 am: Gee, nice day. Wife opened up the slider to let some fresh air in. Never mind this is early Feb. and should be about 35 degrees. No, its around 65. :rolleyes: Noon: I shut the door. Wind is picking up. 2 pm: Wif… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=766) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=768)